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60 Zen couplets, reading is practice, not understanding is luck

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Almost every temple, academy, and Taoist temple has couplets.

The couplets of the temple say that the grand view of life, the couplets of the academy, the bitterness and joy of reading, the couplets of Taoism, and the Tao of people in the world.

Perhaps, you won't be able to go to many places and read many couplets.

The poet Jun summarized 60 Zen couplets, which are exquisite, and contain the truth of living in the world!

60 Zen couplets, reading is practice, not understanding is luck

01.

仙梵递鸡声,好梦也须唤醒;

The Buddha illuminates the lake, and the wonderful lotus is not an empty plantation.

Jiming Temple Guanyin Pavilion Union.

02.

Six generations of prosperous eternal dreams;

Five more clear and a few chickens.

Jiming Temple Huomeng Building.

03.

The earth is also a people, who is ruthless and ruthless, and goes to the east;

There are Buddhas in the sky, and now they have to be cool and careless, that is, they come from the west.

Qingliang Temple Union.

04.

The river is surging, washing away the characters of the thousand autumns, looking at the idle clouds and wild cranes, all thoughts are empty, what to say about the Jin Dynasty's clothes, Wu Palace flowers and plants;

The wind is mighty, blowing away the dust of the earth, leaning on the stone fence, closing alone, and why do you need the old man Lu rice, the neighbor garden vegetables.

佚名寺僧题弘济寺联。

05.

Although it is not easy to be rich and rich, although it is poor, it will not move its way;

To learn the ancient scriptures is high, and to save the time and do the way for the virtuous.

Qing Dynasty Zhang Zhidong inscribed Guangdong Guangya Academy Auditorium Union.

06.

Archaeological evidence is related to the world's affairs;

Worry first and then be happy, and the heart must be in the show.

Qing Dynasty Hunan Changsha Academy.

07.

Scholars should take the world and the country as their own responsibility;

I can pull out the genius of the fall.

Qing Dynasty Guangxi Guilin Academy Union.

08.

The autumn moon shines on people, and the spring breeze sits on me;

The green mountains are the household, and the white clouds pass through the court.

Zhejiang Association of Literary Colleges. Use the brightness of "autumn moon" as a metaphor to guide the maze, use the warmth of "spring breeze" to metaphorically describe good education, and use the tranquility of "green mountains" and the leisurely "white clouds" to metaphor the elegance of taste.

60 Zen couplets, reading is practice, not understanding is luck

09.

The lotus fragrance is clear, and the bottom of the pen should be described like this;

The lake is quiet, and you can realize the source of the road in front of you.

Hunan Lianhu Academy. This couplet is not only embedded with the name of the academy "Lotus Lake", but also uses the word "quiet" to correspond, the fragrance is fragrant, the still water is pleasing to the eye, and people feel it.

10.

Virtue is heaven and earth, and the road runs through the past and the present;

Ancestor Shu Yao Shun, Charter Civil and Military.

Shandong Qufu Confucius Temple Kuiwen Pavilion Union. "Wenwu" refers to King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou.

11.

Respect the king's words will be called Yao Shun;

The heart of the world is the same as the face of the face.

Qing Dynasty Kangxi inscription, Shandong Zou County Mencius Temple Union. "Kong Yan" refers to Confucius and Yan Hui.

12.

When the air is prepared, it is in harmony with the heavens, the earth, the sun, the moon, the ghosts and gods;

Teach for eternity, and be the teacher of Yao Shunyu Tang Wenwu.

Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty inscribed the Confucian Temple Union in Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province.

13.

The Qi family governs the country and the world, and the belief is also in the policy;

Reckless cultivation leads to neutrality, and those who get the door are called official walls.

Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty inscribed the Dacheng Hall of the Beijing Ancestor Temple.

14.

继祖宗一脉真传,克勤克俭;

Teach your children and grandchildren to walk the right way, only to read and cultivate.

Qing Dynasty scholar Wang Shiqi's ancestral family motto.

15.

Be willing to be poor and practice self-denial;

Disgusted with the customs, strive for self-cultivation.

Qing Dynasty Sun Jipu Family Training Union.

16.

WTO accession must be more economical;

Heirlooms accumulate virtue and accumulate books.

Late Qing calligrapher He Zizhen set the couplets of "Fighting for the Seat".

17.

It is easy to repair when you puncture the window paper;

Corrupting morality is the most difficult thing to cultivate.

Modern Wang Xiangqi family training union.

60 Zen couplets, reading is practice, not understanding is luck

18.

I want to hear my own mistakes;

Seek to understand the people's feelings.

Wang Yangming of the Ming Dynasty self-titled Mian Zhilian.

19.

Holding the galaxy with bare hands, the public is proud of the universe;

青山埋白骨,我从何处吊英贤。

Wang Yangming of the Ming Dynasty inscribed Beijing Dongdan West Mounting Hutong in Qian Temple.

20.

There is shame in doing so;

Erudite for the text.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Gu Yanwu inscribed Zhilian.

21.

If you enter, you will be filial, and if you go out, you will be a brother, and you will keep the way of the king, so as to learn later;

Praise his poems, read his books, friends with the world's people, and talk about the ancients.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Gu Yanwu collected sentences and titles, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Xihu Shifu Academy.

22.

It's like autumn grass;

Learning is not high in spring ice.

Ji Xiaolan of the Qing Dynasty reads the couplets of the micro grass hall.

23.

Coarse tea, light rice, cloth clothes, this blessing makes the old man suffer;

The Qi family rules the country and the world, and those things are borne by the children.

Liu Yong of the Qing Dynasty self-titled couplet.

24.

Be cautious and study diligently;

Go to the roots, go to the flashy.

Qing Dynasty Zuo Zongtang gave his son and nephew.

25.

There is no half an acre, and I am worried about the world;

Read 10,000 books, and the gods handed over to the ancients.

Qing Dynasty Zuo Zongtang self-titled couplet.

26.

丈夫当死中图生,祸中求福;

The ancients cultivated virtue when they were poor, and wrote books when they were poor.

Zeng Guofan's self-titled couplet.

60 Zen couplets, reading is practice, not understanding is luck

27.

Relying on the sky and the sea are innumerable;

Flowing water and high mountains know themselves.

Zeng Guofan's collection of sentences. The upper link is from Su Shi's poem "He Cai Jingfan's Haizhou Stone Room Furong Immortal (Shi Manqing) Old Tour", and the lower link is from Wang Anshi's poem "Boya".

28.

Laughing at the past and laughing at the present, laughing at the east and laughing at the west, laughing at the south and laughing at the north,

laughing and laughing, laughing at their own ignorance;

Observe things and things, watch the sky and the earth, watch the sun and the moon,

Looking at the top and looking down, looking at others is always high and low.

Sichuan Leshan Lingyun Temple Union.

29.

In the world, Maitreya smiled and looked at it idlely.

There is no other way, Ji Dian is drunk and turns back.

Shandong Zaozhuang Longquan Temple.

30.

Laugh until you close your mouth;

Sit and laugh all day long.

Shandong Jinan Thousand Buddha Temple.

31.

The world is difficult to laugh at;

The belly is out of place.

In modern times, Chen Baochen wrote the Guanyin Pavilion of Huayan Temple in Datong, Shanxi.

32.

The big belly can tolerate, the sky and the earth, and people can't tolerate anything;

Smile often, laugh at the past and laugh at the present, and laugh at the world.

Zhejiang Hangzhou Shangtianzhu Temple Union.

33.

The sound of pine, the sound of bamboo, the sound of bells and chimes, the sound is free;

The mountains, the water, the haze, the colors are empty.

Zhejiang Hangzhou Taoguang Temple Union.

34.

The green mountains are high and the green water is long, how can the Buddha open his mouth and laugh;

Xu Xing is not sleepy, sits firmly and does not fall, and it does not hinder people to indulge in swimming.

Yunnan Kunming Xishan Huating Temple Union.

35.

Ask Tuas why he sat upside down;

Those who hate the world will not look back.

Jiangsu Nanjing Jiming Temple Guanyin Building.

60 Zen couplets, reading is practice, not understanding is luck

36.

The nectar in the bottle is often sprinkled;

The poplar branches in the hands do not count the autumn.

Jiangsu Zhenjiang Jiaoshan Dinghui Temple Daxiong Bao Palace. The poplar branch and nectar bottle in the hands of Guanyin Bodhisattva are the magic weapons of his salvation.

37.

A thought is a cihang, will be born to cross the world, but also to enter the world;

Ten years have faced the wall, this is the first ancestor of the East, from the West.

Zhejiang Putuo Mountain Thousand Steps Shawang Sea Pavilion Stone Pillar United. While praising Guanyin and preaching Buddhism, the upper link also expounded the philosophy of Mahayana Buddhism that "if you are born to cross the world, you must also enter the WTO", which is exquisite and refined; the lower link tells the story of the Chinese Zen Dharma Patriarch, who came to the east from the west and participated in Zen meditation for ten years on the wall of Songshan Mountain.

38.

If you don't turn back, who will save you from the suffering?

If I can change my mind, why should I be merciful.

Zhejiang Xiaoshan Guanyin Temple.

39.

The six roots are not purified, the six desires are not removed, listen to the evening drum and morning bell here, and say the convenient law;

It's not true, it's not false, I hope that the world's foolish men and women will be like this.

Hubei Xiaogan Liuye Tea House Theater Building.

40.

见见见,非见非见,见非见;

Sniff, sniff, sniff, sniff.

Guanyin Cave Union of Phoenix Mountain, Fang County, Hubei Province.

41.

All living beings, good and evil are all in one place;

In the vast land, the true and false are empty.

Henan Shuicheng Puming Temple.

42.

It is like a hole but not a hole, and it is suitable for a fairy cave;

There is no door, it is for the Buddha.

Zhejiang Qingtian Shimen Cave Union.

43.

Buddha Yun: Don't say, don't say;

Zi said: As it is, as it is.

Sichuan Emei Mountain.

60 Zen couplets, reading is practice, not understanding is luck

44.

This famous mountain resort, listen to the evening drum and morning bell, the clouds come and go, and the clouds are empty;

There is a Tsubaki tree called the sky, let the wind sword frost sword, flowers bloom and fall from year to year.

Sichuan Emeishan Qingyin Pavilion Union.

45.

If you don't turn back, who will save you from the suffering?

If I can change my mind, why should I be merciful.

Zhejiang Xiaoshan Guanyin Temple.

46.

Why should the pure land be swept?

Empty doors don't need to be closed.

Fujian Fuzhou Yongquan Temple Union.

47.

Do not do all evil, do all good, and have fulfilled the true righteousness as it comes;

The four essences and emptiness, the five aggregates of non-existence, are the paramita mind.

Kaifeng Kaibao Temple Union, Henan.

48.

Green mountains and white clouds are always at ease;

Zen joy and enlightenment are lifeless.

Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty inscribed Tianjin Panshan Cloud Cover Temple.

49.

The view comes from the bottom of the heart;

Sound comes from silence.

Wen Chuqing titled Anhui Lu'an Guanyin Temple.

50.

save all sentient beings on the white lotus platform;

Saving the catastrophe in the purple bamboo forest.

Yue Chenxi's inscription Yangzhou Guanyin Mountain Union.

51.

Loving eyes look at all beings, and vows are as deep as the sea;

The wisdom of the sun breaks through the darkness and shines brightly on the world.

Zhao Puchu's title: Yangzhou Guanyin Mountain, Yuantong Treasure Palace.

60 Zen couplets, reading is practice, not understanding is luck

52.

When you sleep until the second or third watch, all fame becomes an illusion;

When I think of a hundred years from now, all the people who will be ancients will be the ancients.

Hebei Handan City, Huangliang Meng, Lu Xian Temple, Lu Sheng Palace.

53.

Thirty-six Cave Immortal World;

Five thousand moral ancient articles.

Liaoning Anshan Thousand Mountains Immeasurable View of Laojun Palace. This couplet contrasts the 36 cave immortals in the upper realm in myths and legends with the 5,000 words of Taoist Lao Tzu, both of which are Taoist sects.

54.

The intention is to condense the gas and condense the spirit, and the elixir is refined in the furnace;

Mind and breathe, stay in the pulse, and cultivate in the Ding to not break the body.

Beijing Baiyun Guanlian.

55.

Ask the green ox who will ride it;

There are yellow cranes flying from the sky.

Sichuan Chengdu Qingyang Palace Bagua Pavilion Union. According to legend, Lao Tzu rode a green ox out of Guguan, and Lao Tzu in Taoism is Taishang Laojun, and the green ox is his mount. Taoist immortals, mostly take the yellow crane to ascend to the fairyland.

56.

With the same sect as the Confucians, there are Zhongni competing for gifts;

resigned from the historian and left, and there was no Yin Xi in the world who did not pass on the scriptures.

Hubei Wudang Mountain Sanqing Palace. This couplet is written about the deeds of Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism.

57.

The elephant is invisible, said Yi, Xi, and Wei, negative yin and yang, illusory but not illusory;

The good is like water, guarding the female, guarding the black, guarding the humiliation, returning to the true and the pure, and the mystery is mysterious.

Hubei Wudang Mountain Laojun Palace.

58.

There are many famous mountain monks in the world, and one or two strange peaks should be left to inhabit my Taoist friends;

The Buddha has said all the good things in the world, who knows the five thousand wonderful truths out of my ancestor.

Hunan Jianshan Guanlian. This union is to fight for the status of Taoism.

59.

When I meet someone who is destined, it is not in vain for me to look through my eyes;

The way of heaven is as long as you stand on your heels.

Tianjin Luzu Tang Union. Lu Zutang refers to the Taoist temple dedicated to Lu Dongbin.

60.

Five turns of mercury, seven turns of lead, nine turns of Dan, everything is clear, and there is a real person in the furnace;

One point house, two points of bamboo, three points of water, the dust is not clean, and the south of Shu comes to the small cave.

Li Huichuan inscribed Sichuan Xuyong Stove Temple.

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